This research is not the first to explore how we could combat the problem of our memories fading as we get older. Two drugs, trazodone and dibenzoylmethane,
have proven to be
capable of preventing memory deficits in brain cells. At the more experimental end of the spectrum, researchers have discovered that transfusions of
babies’ blood could also be useful
in improving memory in adults.

Science has never been working harder to improve our quality of life as we get older, and as Eric Verdin, CEO of the
Buck Institute for Research on Aging
,
told Nautilus
, researchers no longer consider aging and deterioration fundamentally linked. Thanks to this shift in perception, we may soon be able to avoid the downsides of growing old altogether.